City Assessor

The Assessor is the local official who estimates the value of real property within the City boundaries. The Assessor's responsibility is to prepare and maintain a fair and equitable assessment roll. This roll contains the assessed value, ownership and exemption information for all the parcels located in the City of Plattsburgh. The assessment is one component used in the computation of tax bills.

Explain and defend assessments; be present at Board of Assessment Review hearings

Administer Real Property exemption applications

Adhere to NYS Real Property Tax Law

Public relations

Market Value
Market value is the price at which a parcel of real property would change hands between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither being under any compulsion to buy or to sell and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts and a reasonable time for exposure in a free and open market. The assessor uses these arm’s length transactions in deriving the assessments. Cost, Income Capitalization and Direct Market approaches are valuation techniques used in determining the assessment. The assessed value published in the Final Assessment Roll relies on sales that closed prior to July 1st of the previous year; which is the “effective date” of the assessment. The sales data from this time period does not reflect “current” or present day’s market forces and sales information. For example, on May 1 you are informed of your tentative assessment. The sales data selected to create this tentative assessment roll is limited to sales data that transferred prior to July 1st; therefore the effective date of the assessment is July 1st. The final assessment roll represents the market of the past.

All real property within the City of Plattsburgh is assessed at a uniform percentage of value.

July 1st - Final Assessment Roll and Valuation Date for the next year's assessment roll. The Final Assessment Roll will be posted on the Clinton County Real Property Services website within ten days of July 1st of the current year.